2019

NYX Awards - 2019 Ascent Winner Winner

UCI Innovator Awards Trophy

Entrant Company

UCI

Category

Marketing / Promotion Materials - Event

Client's Name

UCI Beall Applied Innovation

Country / Region

United States

Experience Level

Agency

The UCI Innovator Awards is an annual event, created by UCI Beall Applied Innovation and hosted at the Cove @ UCI, to recognize UCI researchers who are working actively to promote commercialization of university research. This, in turn, supports regional economic development and furthers UCI’s mission to advance breakthrough discoveries that benefit humankind.

For this event, our design team created four trophies to honor great innovators.The trophy creation was a great example of interdisciplinary collaboration. We found it beneficial to pull together the artistic ideas of our designers, the analytical mind of an engineer and the careful execution of great craftsmen. By bringing together people who each approach the same challenge differently, we were able to make an end product that was different ... innovative.The design was inspired by the event logo, which symbolizes the path of innovation told through the shape of a growing wave, a theme relevant to the beach décor at the Cove, Applied Innovation’s headquarters.Our team used a laser printer to cut and etch acrylic pieces of varying hues to get the effect of transformation. The white oak base ties in a beach feel and the darker, burned wood gives a texture contrast with the wave. The weight of the trophy makes it feel substantial, while still easy to carry with one hand.

Once the design was created, our designer worked closely with our on-site lab technicians to create prototypes of the trophies. They then partnered with Studio Las Nubes to have the four final trophies developed. The trophies raised the Innovator Award event to the next level. The winners were delighted, and many proudly displayed the trophies on social media. The trophies, along with the inaugural event, helped create a buzz and brought attention to the great research being done at UCI.

Credits

Chief Innovation Officer and Executive Director/Master of Ceremonies /// UCI Beall Applied Innovation
Richard Sudek
Chief Administrative Officer and Director, External Relations/Event Manager /// UCI Beall Applied Innovation
Kate Klimow
Creative Director/Creative Direction /// UCI Beall Applied Innovation
Ryan Mahar
Senior Designer/Trophy and Logo Designer /// UCI Beall Applied Innovation
Julie Kennedy
Lab Technician Intern/Prototype Developer /// UCI Beall Applied Innovation
Dimitri Kaviani
Craftsman /// Studio Las Nubes,
Dave Dyer
Craftsman /// Studio Las Nubes,
Scott Chuhaloff
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